Power Systems

Types of Insulators used in Power Systems

We have various types of overhead line and substation insulators. Generally they can be classified as: Post insulators Cap and…

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How Ground Fault Interrupter (GFI) is used as a Safety Device

The function of a ground fault interrupter (GFI) is to disconnect the power if a current leakage to ground is…

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Single-phase and Three-phase Power Systems

Single-phase Power System To help us understand single-phase power system, consider the sine wave shown in figure 1(a) below of…

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Surge Suppression in Power Systems

Causes of Power Surges Transient overvoltages in power systems may arise from a number of sources. Power disturbances resulting from…

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Switchgear Equipment

Switchgear can be defined as equipment used for controlling, regulating and switching ON and OFF power circuits. Switchgear units range…

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Step by Step Guide: How to Check and Test a Power Transformer

Testing of power transformers is continuous monitoring of faults in all units of such equipment and their timely removal after…

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Single-phase vs. Three-phase Power Systems

Thomas A. Edison’s work on electric light led to the concept of a centrally located power station with distributed electric…

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